Join us as ACE! partners up with Saratoga Arts for a film industry networking event! Meet other folks in the industry, make connections, and preview trailers for recent productions created in our very own Upstate New York's Capital District. We will have folks in house speaking to film funding and promotion. A not to be missed event if you are in the industry or are looking to connect.

Additionally, hear more about SA's plans to help support a vibrant creative space with upcoming plans for audio and video production assets and education as they retool the space to address creative community and job market needs.

Saratoga Arts | 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

UPDATE: We will be offering a couple of breakout mini sessions that will be available to all attendees at the event.

Lights, Camera, Extra! : AND Casting founder Annie Delano : Tips on how to get cast in films/commercials.

Festival Distribution Strategies for Film : With Writer / Director and DP Cameron Mitchell

Currently we have tabling commitments from 518 Film Network, WMHT Studios and TvFILM, NY Writers Institute, Film Albany and the Adirondack Film Commission. More to come with a list of project partners and previews in a special update to RSVP holders. Until then mark your calendar and RSVP for this FREE event.

Special thanks to the 518 FILM NETWORK for co-producing with lots of assistance with logistics and outreach. Honorable mention to Paul Grondahl, Debbie Goedeke and Catherine Rafferty for jumping in the fray!

This month we are partnering with the Musicians of Ma'alwyck to make available a block of tickets to a Celestial Melodies : Celebrating William Herschel, Composer and Astronomer. Availability is first come first serve and limited so jump on this ASAP if your interested. There is a two tickets per person limit.

When: Saturday, March 4 at 1:00 PM

Location: The Strand Theater | 210 Main Street, Hudson Falls, NY 12839

To get the tickets click this button below and use discount code : strandhf

The Celestial Melodies program on March 4 will feature the music of composers and astronomers William and Catherine Herschel, as well as others of their circle in England. The concert will include not only the music of the Herschels and their contemporaries, but a visual component as well, featuring their astronomical legacy.

The program also features the world premiere of Invocation by Max Caplan, Written specifically for this program, the work is inspired by the NASA Data Sonification Project. Mr. Caplan will be joining us for the program to briefly introduce the work. Mr. Caplan is an award winning composer, whose opera Aleda or the Flight of the Suff Bird Women was greeted with great critical acclaim at its premiere.

ACE! Amplification Engage! For 15 years, WMHT Public Media has brought some of the greatest short films in our region to audiences through it's project TVFilm, now curating it's14th Season. TVFilm is an engaging showcase for short, creative works representing the diverse community of independent film and media artists in Upstate New York. Have a film you would like broadcast out to the world? Hit the link below!

Submission Benefits: Share your work with a wide public media audience | Receive an honorarium for licensing agreement | Connect with other upstate filmmakers

The current CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS will run until the submission deadline of February 28th 2023. Help spread the word!

Excited this month to focus on some of the great things going on in our regional film industry scene in advance of our first in person networking event of the year at Saratoga Arts. The founders of 518 Film Network have been strong supporters of ACE! for years, to see Micah and Michelle step up into community leadership positions feels right on track, and boy do they have their fingers on the pulse! Next up Annie Delano of AND Casting, who I have worked with for years in fashion related endeavors, gets us up to date on her growing casting business. Film has always been a focus of ACE! since some of the very first charrettes and strategy meetings about where regional creative economy focus should be many years ago. Living in Troy, its easy to imagine a vibrant film based ecosystem, being located on ground zero of 'city as a living set' with films such as Shop Lifters of the World and of course the mighty Gilded Age (HBO) camping for weeks right outside my door.

As I eluded to in my year end summary (December Newsletter), I have been getting a lot of interest on the academia side lately regarding presentations and joint programs including the likes of Union College, Russell Sage College and the NYS Art Teachers Assoc. Additionally, I am finding more and more arts organizations moving into the educational programming space as well with conversations the last few months including Hudson Hall, Saratoga Opera and the NYS Museum Association. I have been floating the idea of a meetup that crosses over these segments. If you have an interest in being a part of this conversation please drop me a note and I will put you on that list for what will likely be a smaller, more targeted networking event in the second quarter.

Another cool ticket giveaway, for the astronomically inclined music loving folk! Make sure to check out the latest program by Musicians of Ma'alwyck and RSVP those FREE tickets! It's going to be a good one...

Finally, congratulations on the new gig to Anthony V. Hayes who will be taking over the helm at WMHT from Robert Altman. Robert was always present not only as a core founding member of ACE! but supportive of me professionally as an individual. Much luck to you Robert in your new endeavors.

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